A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of 35 leaders and activists of the BNP-Jamaat alliance, including BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in a violence case.
Metropolitan Session’s Judge M Quamrul Hossain Mollah issued the arrest warrant as the leaders and activists did not appear before the court during hearing today, said court sources.
The court also asked the officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station to submit a report before the court by January 27 next on the execution of arrest warrants.
On December 29 in 2013, miscreants torched a bus of ‘Suprovat Paribahan’ after vandalising it in the city’s Malibagh Chowdhurypara area during the ‘March for Democracy’ programme called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Dakkhinkhan thana unit Shibir president Mansur Prodhania was also killed in a clash between police and the alliance activists at Malibagh on the same day.
On December 30 in 2013, sub-inspector of Rampura Police Station Al Mamun filed two cases against 25-30 people with the police station.
On March 20, 2015, investigation officer Mamunur Rashid pressed charges against 49 people, including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Mirza Abbas, Amanullah Aman and Salahuddin Ahmed, in a case filed under the Explosives Substances Act for vandalism and carrying out arson attack.
Later, a court took cognisance of the charges against the accused and asked them to appear before the court on November 3.
Source: UNB
